Freeman Feels The Love For His Son
Photo: Special to the NY Beacon
By Joshua Garcia
Los Angeles – On an emotional night on the Dodger Stadium diamond, where baseball felt just a tad bit less important upon Freddie Freeman’s return from his son Maximus’ scary initial medical diagnosis. A raucous crowd filled Chavez Ravine with a thunderous ovation as tears began to swell in the eyes of Dodgers and Phillies players alike, from the overwhelming support for Freeman’s 3-year-old son who was thought to be fighting for his life on a ventilator just mere days ago.
While Dodgers personnel donned ‘Max Strong’ T-shirts in solidarity with first baseman Freddie Freeman’s return to the lineup, both Philadelphia and Los Angeles prepared for a much anticipated rematch of the two best teams in the National League. The possible NLCS preview debuted with a pitching matchup between identical ERA workhorses in Aaron Nola for the Phillies, and Tyler Glasnow for the Dodgers.
Both Tyler Glasnow and Aaron Nola found success with the strikeouts but with each club’s more than formidable offensive juggernauts, found themselves surrendering a combined 7 runs. Each of the ball club’s power arms did manage to keep their teams in the game and lead to an exciting finish down the stretch of Game 1 of the series Monday night.
Before his recent skid, Bryce Harper was doing his best to keep Shohei Ohtani from being alone in NL MVP talk, but the Japanese megastar continues to add to his legacy and pull away in the campaign. Ohtani, after going 2-for-3 with a Homerun, 2 RBI, and two stolen bases, now sits only 6 homers and 9 stolen bags away from becoming baseballs sixth man to join the illustrious 40-40 club.
The only men in baseball history to hit 40 bombs and steal 40 bags in a season are Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano and Ronald Acuña. Shohei Ohtani looks well on his way to not only joining the 40-40 gang, but looks to snag his first National League Most Valuable Player Award, third MVP overall and earn the moniker as the only other beside Frank Robinson to win an MVP in both the AL and NL. Robinson won the prestigious award in 1961 with the Cincinnati, and then in 1966 with the Orioles with a triple-crown performance after the Reds foolishly traded him.
In a tight 4-3 contest heading into the 7th inning, both LA and Philly would look to their big guns to bring home a clamored win in the race for the NL’s best record. After Teóscar Hernandez put the Dodgers on top 4-2 in the 3rd inning with a two-run long ball, Shohei added the insurance run in the 7th to seal the deal for Los Angeles in a 5-3 victory to take the opening round of the big showdown. Game 2, played Tuesday night, will feature Cristopher Sanchez against Dodger southpaw Clayton Kershaw. The series concluded Wednesday night with both teams hoping to see each other in October.
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